FDA Budget Includes GMO Information Campaign

A budget plan passed to fund the U.S. government until September 2017 reportedly includes $3 million to pay for an information campaign about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food. As a partnership between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Agriculture, the campaign will apparently seek to counter “misinformation about agricultural biotechnology.”

“It is not the responsibility of the FDA to mount a government-controlled propaganda campaign to convince the American public that genetically modified foods are safe,” Rep. Nita Lowey (DN.Y.) said. See The Washington Post, May 3, 2017.

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